The AHA Feeling
"Memory is the cabinet of imagination,the treasury of reason,the registry of conscience,and the council chamber of thought."
St. Basil
Introduction to the book "The Power of AHA!"
For some people, the "a-ha” emotion starts when a child first recognizes his or her own image in a mirror; this moment is critical to the development of intelligence and identity. For some people, the “a-ha” emotion is just and experience of intellectual realization; the key to distinguishing knowledge from understanding. Think for a moment about how much you know and then ask yourself how much of this wealth of knowledge you actually use. How much of your creative mind you use. If we are out to create measurable results and minimize excuses, maybe we need to go a step further.
One valuable way to access your creative mind is to utilize your “a-ha” emotions. This form of memory is the recall of a vivid past event or information where you had a great insight or intuition. If you’ve experienced the highs and lows of creative thinking, you know that sometimes the creative well is dry, while at other times creativity is free flowing. It is during the latter times that problem solvers often experience so-called “Aha!” moments – those moments of clarity when the solution to a vexing problem falls into place with a sudden insight and one sees connections that previously eluded you. But why do “Aha!” moments sometimes come easily and sometimes not at all? A new study reveals that patterns of brain activity before people even see a problem predict whether they will solve it with or without a sudden insight, and these brain activity patterns are likely linked to distinct types of mental preparation; Mental preparation that could happen anywhere and anytime. To me, that mental preparation occurred in the kitchen of the Naval academy of Peru.
When I was assigned to supervise the kitchen of the naval academy of Peru, I thought it would be a boring tedious assignment. To the contrary, it turns out to be the most fascinating and important experience in my entire life – I experienced the “Aha!” moment that inspired me to achieve extraordinary success in all areas of my life, hence the reason of writing the book that you are holding in your hands.
By reading this book, you will learn to develop your “AHA Emotion” – the power of intellectual realization to serve others. By reading this book, you will learn that all successful people became successful because they use the “Aha!” emotions to take the first step in service others. They gave some talent or ability in the service of others.
With practice, you can contribute to develop your “aha!” emotions no matter how small your talents or abilities. You too, can become successful when you let your “aha!” emotions excite you and inspire you to take action and become successful helping many people.
From my days supervising the kitchen of the naval academy, I learned that no one achieves success without being of service. Leadership is action, not position. The successful don't use others, other people use the successful, for above all success is of service. The successful are prepared for the opportunities.
This book is not scientific essay but a practical demonstration of techniques to help your develop your “aha!” emotions. For instance, more than a century ago, Louis Pasteur said “Chance favors only the prepared mind.” By this, he meant that sudden flashes of insight don’t just happen, but are the product of preparation. Mental preparation that led to insight solutions is generally characterized by increased brain activity in temporal lobe areas associated with conceptual processing, and with frontal lobe areas associated with cognitive control or “top-down” processing. The fact is that you don’t need to be a mechanic in order to drive a car correctly. Likewise, you don’t need to know how your brain works in order to use it full power.
We've all had those moments, from time to time, when the solution to a complex problem suddenly strikes out of thin air, providing an insight into something we've never understood before. One of the problems confronting researchers has been pretty basic. How do you know when you've had a Eureka moment?
They looked to the past, and the character who coined the phrase, for an answer - Archimedes. He did a lot of work in geometery, which included finding the surface areas and volumes of solids accurately. The work that has made Archimedes famous is his theory of floating bodies. He laid down the laws of flotation and developed the famous Archimedes principle.
Legend has it that Archimedes was just about to step into his bath when the light went off over his head. He had been ordered by his king, Hiero, to find out if his crown was pure gold without destroying it.
Archimedes noticed that the water rose in his bath as he stepped in, and the insight struck. The displacement of the water was directly related to the volume of whatever was put into the tub, even his foot, so all he had to do was submerge the crown in water to determine its purity. And, as legend has it, Archimedes was so thrilled he shouted "Eureka," (I have found it) and ran home through the streets of ancient Greece without bothering to put on his toga.In this book, I'd like to share with you my most important personal "aha" moments I've had over the last 25 years. They are moments similar to the ones experienced by Archimedes, Da Vinci, Einstein, and many other minds. These moments are marked by a surge of electrical activity in the brain that compeled me to take inmediate action. A moment that will unleash the creative power of your mind and will make you highly successful.
St. Basil
Introduction to the book "The Power of AHA!"
For some people, the "a-ha” emotion starts when a child first recognizes his or her own image in a mirror; this moment is critical to the development of intelligence and identity. For some people, the “a-ha” emotion is just and experience of intellectual realization; the key to distinguishing knowledge from understanding. Think for a moment about how much you know and then ask yourself how much of this wealth of knowledge you actually use. How much of your creative mind you use. If we are out to create measurable results and minimize excuses, maybe we need to go a step further.
One valuable way to access your creative mind is to utilize your “a-ha” emotions. This form of memory is the recall of a vivid past event or information where you had a great insight or intuition. If you’ve experienced the highs and lows of creative thinking, you know that sometimes the creative well is dry, while at other times creativity is free flowing. It is during the latter times that problem solvers often experience so-called “Aha!” moments – those moments of clarity when the solution to a vexing problem falls into place with a sudden insight and one sees connections that previously eluded you. But why do “Aha!” moments sometimes come easily and sometimes not at all? A new study reveals that patterns of brain activity before people even see a problem predict whether they will solve it with or without a sudden insight, and these brain activity patterns are likely linked to distinct types of mental preparation; Mental preparation that could happen anywhere and anytime. To me, that mental preparation occurred in the kitchen of the Naval academy of Peru.
When I was assigned to supervise the kitchen of the naval academy of Peru, I thought it would be a boring tedious assignment. To the contrary, it turns out to be the most fascinating and important experience in my entire life – I experienced the “Aha!” moment that inspired me to achieve extraordinary success in all areas of my life, hence the reason of writing the book that you are holding in your hands.
By reading this book, you will learn to develop your “AHA Emotion” – the power of intellectual realization to serve others. By reading this book, you will learn that all successful people became successful because they use the “Aha!” emotions to take the first step in service others. They gave some talent or ability in the service of others.
With practice, you can contribute to develop your “aha!” emotions no matter how small your talents or abilities. You too, can become successful when you let your “aha!” emotions excite you and inspire you to take action and become successful helping many people.
From my days supervising the kitchen of the naval academy, I learned that no one achieves success without being of service. Leadership is action, not position. The successful don't use others, other people use the successful, for above all success is of service. The successful are prepared for the opportunities.
This book is not scientific essay but a practical demonstration of techniques to help your develop your “aha!” emotions. For instance, more than a century ago, Louis Pasteur said “Chance favors only the prepared mind.” By this, he meant that sudden flashes of insight don’t just happen, but are the product of preparation. Mental preparation that led to insight solutions is generally characterized by increased brain activity in temporal lobe areas associated with conceptual processing, and with frontal lobe areas associated with cognitive control or “top-down” processing. The fact is that you don’t need to be a mechanic in order to drive a car correctly. Likewise, you don’t need to know how your brain works in order to use it full power.
We've all had those moments, from time to time, when the solution to a complex problem suddenly strikes out of thin air, providing an insight into something we've never understood before. One of the problems confronting researchers has been pretty basic. How do you know when you've had a Eureka moment?
They looked to the past, and the character who coined the phrase, for an answer - Archimedes. He did a lot of work in geometery, which included finding the surface areas and volumes of solids accurately. The work that has made Archimedes famous is his theory of floating bodies. He laid down the laws of flotation and developed the famous Archimedes principle.
Legend has it that Archimedes was just about to step into his bath when the light went off over his head. He had been ordered by his king, Hiero, to find out if his crown was pure gold without destroying it.
Archimedes noticed that the water rose in his bath as he stepped in, and the insight struck. The displacement of the water was directly related to the volume of whatever was put into the tub, even his foot, so all he had to do was submerge the crown in water to determine its purity. And, as legend has it, Archimedes was so thrilled he shouted "Eureka," (I have found it) and ran home through the streets of ancient Greece without bothering to put on his toga.In this book, I'd like to share with you my most important personal "aha" moments I've had over the last 25 years. They are moments similar to the ones experienced by Archimedes, Da Vinci, Einstein, and many other minds. These moments are marked by a surge of electrical activity in the brain that compeled me to take inmediate action. A moment that will unleash the creative power of your mind and will make you highly successful.
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